Can I Land an F-15 With One Wing? #dcs #simulation

DCS World dogfight gameplay between 2 F-15C Eagles. We collide mid air and cut each others wings off then attempt to land to try recreate when an F-15 landed in real life with 1 wing!

[philtkaswahl]

"This F-15 and my F-15 are about to cut each other's wings off."

Ah, yes, scissoring.

No, wait...

[deafmusician]

The original pilot didnt even know anything was wrong till he landed. He said controls were a little sluggish and that was it

[RM-MSLMAR]

"Justtt the tippp"

-Kila West Gaming

[roarkthehalf-orc]

“Hey bro watch yo jet. Watch yo jet bro! WATCH YO JET!”

[tylisirn]

"This goes about as well as expected." Honestly, that was going much better than I expected... He almost made it.

[sharp]

Mid-air jousting with fighter jets?
Landing an F-15;with only one wing?
Close enough, welcome back Solo Wing Pixy

[Jmax]

For those who want to know, the sound effect when they cut each other's wings is from a game called hyperforma

[nissimhadar]

I saw that F-15 just after it landed. It was a dual-seat and the aft pilot did see that the wing was badly damaged.
They had collided with an A-4 Skyhawk - the Skyhawk pilot ejected safely.
The wing actually looked worse than the wing in this simulation.
3 factors contributed to their successful landing.
The first is that the body itself provides a lot of lift. The second is that the jet's hydraulics and fuel systems were designed to deal with battle damage.
And the 3rd is the size of the balls of the two pilots.

[GalmPixy]

He was a fighter pilot they called "Solo Wing Pixy."
He was a colleague of the man I seek.

[Sergeant-Charlie-Bravo]

《 Found a reason to fight yet? Buddy?》
《PIXY》

[j-aaxch]

His name?

He is a fighter pilot called Solo Wing Pixy

[KommandantWaffle]

Certified “this looped 15 times while I was doing something” moment

[Kalthon]

That "YEET" got me for some reason 😂😂😂

[zbin]

Larry Foulke seal of approval

(That’s pixy, btw)

[SkyStrongIL]

For those who wonder.

In May 1983, two Israeli Air Force aircraft, an F-15 Eagle and an A-4 Skyhawk, collided in mid-air during a training exercise over the Negev region, in Israel. Notably, the F-15, (with a crew of two), managed to land safely at a nearby airbase, despite having its right wing almost completely sheared off in the collision.

On 1 May 1983, during an Israeli Air Force dissimilar air combat training session over the Negev, an F-15D Eagle (called Baz (Falcon) by the Israelis) collided with an A-4 Skyhawk. The pilot of the Skyhawk was automatically ejected and his aircraft disintegrated. The right wing of the Eagle was sheared off roughly 2 ft (60 cm) from the root. The crew of the two-seat training version F-15, pilot Zivi Nedivi and navigator Yehoar Gal, did not initially realize the extent of the damage, as fuel leaking profusely and vaporizing at the wing attachment was obscuring their view of the area where the wing once was.

The F-15 started rolling uncontrollably after the collision and the instructor ordered an ejection. Nedivi, who outranked the instructor, decided not to eject and attempted recovery by engaging the afterburner, and eventually regained control of the aircraft. He was able to maintain control because of the lift generated by the large areas of the fuselage,  stabilators, and remaining wing.

Diverting to Ramon Airbase, the F-15 landed at twice the normal speed to maintain the necessary lift, and its tailhook was torn off completely during the landing. Nedivi managed to bring his F-15 to a complete stop approximately 20 ft (6 m) from the end of the runway. He later told The History Channel, "it's highly likely that if I had seen it clearly I would have ejected, because it was obvious you couldn't really fly an airplane like that."

He added, "Only when McDonnell Douglas later went to analyze it, they said, OK, the F-15 has a very wide [lifting] body; you fly fast enough and you're like a rocket. You don't need wings."

(took from wikipedia)

[cloudmangalm]

"Looks like luck was on your side again, today, Solo Wing."

[OverneedBelkanWitch]

"I love the Smell of Half Wing F15 in the Morning"
- Colonel Killa

[Schmewin]

My grandpa once hit a tree while doing a fly over the runway. He then had to land with half the wing gone and the entire downside( side on the bottom of the plane(no idea what its called in english)) scratched up. After this my grandmother never went watching him land again

[your_sebii]

"Too close for missiles, switching to melee"

[frstrad]

If an Air Force pilot is landing like a Navy pilot, something’s wrong.